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08:06 AM ET 05.23 | Perhaps a quarterback not named Matt Moore will have an opportunity to run the Dolphins offense. [Miami's first day] of organized training activities provided the first chance to watch the quarterback competition between Matt Moore, David Garrard and Ryan Tannehill. Soon after practice, Dolphins coach Joe Philbin was asked about comments recently made by owner Steve Ross, who speculated Moore would likely be the starter Sept. 9. ... "Look, last time I checked, he is on board. I told him and we have been very upfront with him, we want a competitive situation at that position as well as the other positions," Philbin said. "These guys work hard; they deserve the opportunity to compete for a job on this team, a starting position on this team."

Sun-Sentinel

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08:05 AM ET 05.23 | Lions wideout Nate Burleson didn't make any excuses for the behavior of young teammate Titus Young. Young's emotions spilled out during a workout last week and culminated with him sucker-punching safety Louis Delmas. Young has not participated in the Lions' organized team activities this week, which are voluntary, and the team won't disclose when he's coming back. "It's one of those things that happen all the time," Burleson said. "When I played in Minnesota, we fought like every other day and that was the closest team I had been on up to that point. A scuffle that happens once at every eight or nine months here, that just shows you how rare it was -- we don't even do it that often."

The Detroit News

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08:06 AM ET 05.23 | In the days after the NFC title game, Kyle Williams was a wanted man, and this was not a flattering form of attention. Television shows from "Good Morning America" to Jim Rome and radio stations from midtown Manhattan to downtown San Francisco were clamoring to get the 49ers wide receiver on air to ask one burning question: How was he dealing with the two botched punt returns that cost his team a trip to the Super Bowl? As it turns out, Williams dealt with his mistakes by getting back to work. Williams turned down nearly every media request ... and headed to Arizona, where he played collegiately and trains in the offseason. He called his workouts "good therapy." "I haven't really stopped," Williams said Tuesday.

Sacramento Bee

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08:03 AM ET 05.23 | NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made a few friends in Georgia earlier this week. [Goodell], in Atlanta for a meeting of the league's owners Tuesday, said he would advise the city to bid for another Super Bowl if a new stadium is built. ... But he cautioned that the competition would be tough. "The issue that we always raise -- and this came up in Minnesota [where] they're building a closed-roof stadium, it appears, and have the same interest -- [is that] the reality of what's happening is it is becoming more and more competitive to host a Super Bowl," Goodell said. "But these stadiums are our stage, and they are one of the key components in hosting a Super Bowl, along with having, obviously, the infrastructure."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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08:08 AM ET 05.23 | Junior Seau's death left NFL players pondering whether they would want their sons playing football. [ Kurt Warner's admission that he would prefer his sons not play] was met with rebuke by ex-New York Giants receiver Amani Toomer and former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and ESPN analyst Merril Hoge, not to mention numerous fans. Shortly thereafter, I got a call from a father who spoke passionately in Warner's defense. It turned out this football dad had prohibited his only son from playing the sport until high school and, two decades later, isn't sure he'd allow him to play at all if confronted with the same decision today. "No, not without hesitation," Tom Brady Sr. said. "I would be very hesitant to let him play."

Yahoo! Sports

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